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Analysis of the Department of Labor's Proposed Changes Under the Fair Labor Standards Act


by Thomas J. Flaherty
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
McLean Office

Elizabeth A. Lalik
Blake M. Guy
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
McLean Office

July 9, 2004

Previously published on June 25, 2003

On March 31, 2003, the Department of Labor ("DOL") published proposed regulations that redefine the "white collar" exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA" or the "Act"). The proposed rules would substantially modify which employees are "exempt" from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA, and would alter the tests employers use to classify their employees as "exempt" or "non-exempt" under the Act. There are several key changes in the proposed rules:


 

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